Tree Sap Removal when away from home

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72fordgts

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I am away on business and I found some tree sap on my truck. I don't have my detailing products or a garden hose. What can I buy at a local store to clean off the sap before it damages the paint? There is a Canadian tire not far from where I am staying.

Any advice is appreciated.
 
Just get some hand sanitizer. Put a dab on the sap, cover it up and walk away for a few minutes. Alcohol is obviously the active ingredient, but the gel consistency keeps it from evaporating quick, as well as adding some lubrication if you have to rub a bit.

Bill
 
Alcohol on a MF. If you want to use hand sanitizer w/alcohol go ahead.
 
Rubbing alcohol (isopropyl) and some cotton balls have always worked for me.
 
I recently had to bust out acetone to get some sap that had been there years and was baked on. Tarminator didn't touch it so a microfiber and acetone it was...it worked but when done I rewashed the vehicle

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Go to an auto parts store and buy a couple MF cloths and some Stoner Tarminator or equivalent paint safe product. Hand sanitizer works too. I've used hand sanitizer at work to remove fresh sap. I would also buy some quick detailer or window cleaner and remove the residue.
 
Thank you for the help. The hand sanitizer and MF cloth worked great.
 
72fordgts said:
I am away on business and I found some tree sap on my truck. I don't have my detailing products or a garden hose. What can I buy at a local store to clean off the sap before it damages the paint? There is a Canadian tire not far from where I am staying.

Any advice is appreciated.
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Lacquer thinner will remove that with 3 passes or less.
 
I have some tree sap that I haven't taken off because I didn't know how. I have lacquer thinner, is it ok on fiberglass spoilers on the paint? I am concerned that it could hurt the fiberglass.

And some on glass, I was going to razer blade that but haven't yet, would prefer something not so harsh.

The car has 304k miles and has been outside almost exclusively the past 7 years.
 
The fiberglass has paint on it, right? Alcohol is fine, as is lacquer thinner, on a cotton ball or MF towel.
 
Alcohol is in many products you use on your car everyday including almost all surface preps. Just do use it full strength. And that's for any alcohol, not just 99%. Dilute it down to like 15-20% alcohol. And remember, don't rub. Soak. A little rubbing as possible. Alcohol is a very poor lubricant so you can cause damage to rubbing the paint hard when using it, but not from the alcohol, from the goo you're removing and the towel.
 
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